i have 2 models: basket and egg each basket can contain some eggs. i have urls like this /basket/ /basket/1/update /basket/1/delete /basket/create /basket/1/egg /basket/1/egg/create /basket/1/egg/1/update /basket/1/egg/1/delete there is no urlconf like /egg/ /egg/create /egg/1/update /egg/1/delete in view for /basket/1/egg/1/update i use hidden field for Basket model. The problem is that i can't set it's initial value to basket_id.